(Photo Credit: Karolina Kuras) English Touring Opera (ETO) Music Director Gerry Cornelius has announced that he will step down from his position in October 2026 after five years in the role. Cornelius, who joined ETO in April 2021, will step down following the opening of ETO’s Autumn season in Sheffield on October 10 and is set to return as a {…}
The English Touring Opera has announced its 2026-27 season. Autumn 2026 The season opens with a double bill of “Ariadne” and “Dido & Aeneas.” The cast will include Jessica Cale, Kieron Connor Valentine, Samantha Price, Michael Lafferty, Isabelle Atkinson, Binny Supin-Young, Lydia Sharrif, Kieron Connor Valentine, and Guy Elliott. Anna Morrissey directs “Ariadne” and Rebecca Meltzer directs “Dido an Aeneas.” Alex {…}
The English Touring Opera has announced the 2026 spring season. Phil Wilcox, Lauren Young, George Robarts, Kelli-Ann Masterson, Matthew Siveter, Robin Bailey, Samuel Pantcheff, and Natasha Agarwal star in Gilbert and Sullivan’s “The Gondoliers.” Liam Steel directs and Jack Ridley conducts. Performance Dates: March 20-May 21, 2026 The season will include Leoncavallo’s “Pagliacci” with Paula Sides, Ronald Samm, Phillip Rhodes, {…}
A new organization representing the UK’s opera sector, the UK Opera Association (UKOA), has officially launched, uniting 20 founding companies to advocate for opera’s future and strengthen its presence across the country. UKOA, which was founded by Birmingham Opera Company, British Youth Opera, Buxton International Festival, English National Opera, English Touring Opera, Garsington Opera, The Grange Festival, Glyndebourne, Longborough Festival {…}
English Touring Opera has announced its 2025-26 slate. First up is “The Elixir of Love” in a production directed by Martin Constantine and conducted by Alice Farnham. Natasha Page, Tamsanqa Tylor Lamani, Emry Wyn Jones, and Timothy Nelson star. The opera will be performed in London, Coventry, Darlington, Buxton, Malvern, Bath, Walden, and Barnstaple. Performance Dates: Sept. 27 – Nov. 22, {…}
(Photo credit: Richard Hubert Smith) English Touring Opera has announced its upcoming Shakespeare-themed spring 2025 season. Stops on the tour include London, York, Truro, Norwich, Durham, Crawley, Snape, Sheffield, Buxton, Exeter, Canterbury, and Poole. The seasons starts off with a new production of Bellini’s “The Capulets and the Montagues,” by Eloise Lally. Jessica Cale, Samantha Price, Brenton Spiteri, Timothy Nelson, {…}
(Photo credit: Britten Pears Arts) Britten Pears Arts released the details of its activities plan for Spring 2025. For the purposes of this article only vocal events are included. The English Touring Opera presents Bellini’s “The Capulets & The Montagues,” directed by Eloise Lally. Alphonse Cemin conducts. Performance Date: March 29, 2025 “Singing Afternoon with John Rutter” is open to {…}
English Touring Opera has announced its autumn 2024 season. Olivia Fuchs will direct “The Snowmaiden” with a cast starring Ffion Edwards, Kitty Wahtely, Katherine McIndoe, Edmund Danon, and Hannah Sandison, among others. Hannah Quinn conducts. Performance Dates: Sept. 28 & Oct. 4 (London); Oct. 12 (Snape); Oct. 19 (Saffron Walden); Oct. 26 (Buxton); Nov. 4 (Crawley); Nov. 6 & 9 {…}
The English Touring Opera (ETO) has announced it will move to Sheffield in the autumn of 2024 as part of the Arts Council England Transfer Programme. In a statement, the company said, “The decision is the result of an extensive and ongoing consultation process with ETO staff, performers and technical staff as well as partner venues and local government organisations. {…}
(Photo credit: Edmund Choo, Zaira Biagini, & Simon Goldsmith) The English Touring Opera and Britten Pears Arts have released the casting for its new c0-production of Dame Judith Weir’s “Blond Eckbert.” Baritone Simon Wallfisch returns to the English Touring Operas for the first time since 2015, in the title role. He is joined by soprano Aoife Miskelly, who sings the {…}
The English Touring Opera has announced that instruments were stolen in Hackney on Saturday, Feb. 24, 2024. The company took to social media and shared Joe Harper’s facebook post that said, “Devastated to say my Oboe and Cor Anglais were stolen last night between 00.23am and 00.27am from the Old Ship in Hackney. Both in a BAM Xlite double case {…}